diff --git a/application/libraries/Aauth.php b/application/libraries/Aauth.php
index f15f5ac8..7e01c748 100644
--- a/application/libraries/Aauth.php
+++ b/application/libraries/Aauth.php
@@ -693,9 +693,10 @@ public function update_remember($user_id, $expression=null, $expire=null) {
 	 * @param string $email User's email address
 	 * @param string $pass User's password
 	 * @param string $name User's name
+	 * @param bool $send_verification Send verification email to user
 	 * @return int|bool False if create fails or returns user id if successful
 	 */
-	public function create_user($email, $pass, $name='') {
+	public function create_user($email, $pass, $name='', $send_verification = TRUE) {
 
 		$valid = TRUE;
 
@@ -744,15 +745,17 @@ public function create_user($email, $pass, $name='') {
 			$this->add_member($user_id, $this->config_vars['default_group']);
 
 			// if verification activated
-			if($this->config_vars['verification']){
-				$data = null;
-				$data['banned'] = 1;
-
-				$this->aauth_db->where('id', $user_id);
-				$this->aauth_db->update($this->config_vars['users'], $data);
-
-				// sends verifition ( !! e-mail settings must be set)
-				$this->send_verification($user_id);
+			if($send_verification) {
+				if($this->config_vars['verification']){
+					$data = null;
+					$data['banned'] = 1;
+	
+					$this->aauth_db->where('id', $user_id);
+					$this->aauth_db->update($this->config_vars['users'], $data);
+	
+					// sends verifition ( !! e-mail settings must be set)
+					$this->send_verification($user_id);
+				}
 			}
 
 			// Update to correct salted password